Climate
- It requires warm humid climate. It grows upto 1600 m above MSL.
- 20-30 o C temperature is optimum, 1500-3000 mililitre annual well distributed rainfall
- It requires moderate rainfall from sowing to sprouting. It requires fairly heavy and well distributed rains during crop growth period.
- The areas having moderate to heavy rainfall during crop season is best suited for its cultivation.
- Low to moderate rainfall during rhizome sprout and moderate to heavy rainfall during crop growth and then dry weather one month before harvesting coupled with 28 – 350C temperature is essential for higher yield and better quality of rhizomes.
- Prevalence of high humidity and shade are necessary during crop growth period.
Soil
- Well drained fertile, sandy loam to loam soils are well suited to grow ginger.
- It requires deep, well drained, humus rich soil. It is sensitive to water logging. It can be grown well on sandy loams, clay loams
Varieties
- Nase Type :
- Bose Type :
- Salyan local, Ilam local, Bhojpur local, Makbanpur local are bose type.
- NARC , GRP developed varieties are : Kapurkot-1 and Kapurkot-2